Improvement in corn-planters



C. H UTGH l N S.'

Corn-Planters.

N0. l43,826, Patented Oct. 21,1873.

Witnesses: I A* Inventur: -gfff 4 N Perf y y nnmeys.

UNITED STATES PATENT QEFICE.

.CHARLES Euronm's, or AUBEEY, KANSAS, ASSreNoE ro EIMSELE Ann lAEEAM LARGE', on SAME PLACE;

IMPROVEMENT IN coRN-PLANTERS,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,826, dated October 21, 1873; application tiled `August 3o, 1873. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HUronrNs, of Aubrey, in the county of Johnson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn-Planter, of which the following is a specification:

- marking out the ground, and will run light,

-and also plant the corn in straight rows.

My invention consists of a seeddropping and rowmarking attachment, which is placed on. a frame with light wheels in front of the rear frame, which has concave covering-wheels, with the drivers seat and regulatmg-lever. l

In the drawing, A represents the main frame v of the planter, which consists of longitudinal side pieces a, connected by lateral pieces b, of suitable size and strength .to support the different parts. The tongue d is attached to the front cross-pieees b, and projects as far as nec essa-ry. The front cross-piece b projects at both sides beyond the longitudinal pieces a., and has the stron g metallic arms c c pivoted to it, which `connect with the frame B of the seed-droppin g attachment.

Frame B is carried on light wheels C, which are keyed fast to the axle D. The journals f, in which axle D turns, are attached to the lower side of the main cross-beam E of frame B. Gross-beam E carries, also, applied to its front side, the plows F, which are either stationary or hung by a chain, like the tooth of a seed-drill, for different depths. The plows F are made 'light and sharp, to cut their way through the ground, being formed by two plates joined under a sharp angle, and held rig idly in position' by the lower arms c. The upper parts of the plows F connect, by tubes lor otherwise, with the hoppers G, into which the corn is placed and conducted, by a suitable counting and' dropping mechanism, to the ground.

The seed-dropping mechanism consists of a slide, H, which moves-in guide=slots of hopper G, at the bottom of the same. The slide-piece H may be regulated inthe usual manner, so

that the required number of seed is dropped at each motion of it.

The fore end of slide H is connected to a band-spring, g, the ends of which are applied to a central block, g, of Vb eam E. The outer end of band-spring G is curved, and supplied with a sidewise-bent lug or projection, h, which is acted upon by a notched piece, h', attached to spokes of front wheels C. one or inore notches or knobs, h', applied to the wheels C, according to the distance atwhieh the corn is to be planted. If the circumference of the wheel is eight feet, and the corn is to be planted four feet apart, two notches are required; if it is to be dropped at two feet distance, four, and so in proportion, according to the size of the wheel andthe distance of the corn. The notches h carry spring G and slide H forward, and drop the seed inside of plow F to the ground. Any similar device by which the regular action ofthe slide is secured`may be used. As soon as the spring G is released the slide H closes the hopper till actuated again by a notch. uAs the wheels C are sta-4 tionary on. the axle l), the action of the hoppers is produced at the same time. Grosspieces I are attached to the circumference of wheels C diametrieally opposite to notches h, u

for the purpose of marking the exact place at which the corn has been dropped. The drivel' is thereby enabled to see at any time whether he is planting in rows or not. finds himself not exactly in line, he can, by placing hisfoot on the lever, raise the front wheels on the pivots, and regulate the planting by simply turning the wheels forward or backward, which allows to plant as straight one way as the other. The broad concave hind wheels C' of main frame A are placed back of the plows F, and serve to cover the corn dropped inthe fui-rows.

anism cleans the concave part of the wheels C of the earth, for bringing back the soil toward the center of the same, which is further assisted by the wheels being made wider than plows F.

By means of a lever, L, which is operated by There may be As soon as he Some suitable meehthe -foot of the driver when sitting on seat M, the pivoted frame B with the Wheels C is raised, und thereby the planting interrupted at Will, as required in turning the planter 0r moving from place to place Lever L is pivoted to obliquely -inelined pieces t, which are secured to rear cross-pieces b. Seat M is also attachedcnd supported by iron rods on pieces c'. v

The seeddroppim,r androw-marknio att-achments may also be used in connect1on with other planters.

Having thus described my invention, I claim astnew and desire to secure by Letters Paton Il. As an iinproven'ient in corn-planters, the combination of main frame A, having concave Wheels C', leverY L, and seat M, With the pivoted frame B, having plows F and the seedism, as escribed.

I CHARLES HUTGHINS.

Witnesses:

RAY A. WISWELL, JOHN T. LITTLE. 

